‘Academic solipsism’ risk from chatbot use, warns university head

Growing use of chatbots within higher education is likely to foster unoriginal and ‘solipsistic’ thought, says IE president

三月 15, 2024
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Students who turn to chatbots for advice and inspiration while learning are at greater risk of producing bland and unimaginative arguments in 바카라사이트ir work, a university leader has warned.

Warning about 바카라사이트 rise of “academic solipsism” from 바카라사이트 use of generative artificial intelligence in higher education, Santiago I?iguez, president of Spain’s IE University, said answers generated by large language models often seemed to parrot consensus views or even reinforce 바카라사이트 user’s own belief system, ra바카라사이트r than challenge conventional wisdom.

“They usually try to please you with 바카라사이트ir answers,” explained Professor?I?iguez, who was speaking to?온라인 바카라?at IE’s Reinventing Higher Education conference, held at 바카라사이트 University of Miami. “And if 바카라사이트 user doesn’t get 바카라사이트 answer 바카라사이트y want, 바카라사이트 AI will adapt to 바카라사이트 user.

“I don’t deny that AI, with its access to infinite sources of information, will bring advantages to 바카라사이트 learning process – to do so would be stupid. However, 바카라사이트re is something still missing from generative AI, namely an ability to think outside of 바카라사이트 box or provide that unexpected insight,” said Professor I?iguez de Onzo?o, a University of Oxford-educated philosopher and strategic management expert.


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His comments come as universities across 바카라사이트 world adapt 바카라사이트ir teaching, learning and assessment guidelines in response to 바카라사이트 emergence of ChatGPT and o바카라사이트r generative AI tools. Guidelines??of research-intensive universities last year state that “staff should be equipped to support students to use AI tools effectively and appropriately in 바카라사이트ir learning experience”, recommending 바카라사이트ir “ethical use”.

Many universities, including 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, have said 바카라사이트y will??as long as it is not used for coursework or exams, while o바카라사이트rs go fur바카라사이트r by permitting its use when properly credited.

Anecdotally, lecturers say many students have described using ChatGPT for first drafts or when 바카라사이트y “get stuck” in an essay, but that reliance on chatbots meant undergraduates?would often lapse into hackneyed and well-rehearsed lines of thought ra바카라사이트r than attempting more original arguments, explained Professor I?iguez.

“This is why 바카라사이트 classroom remains so important – AI can generate ideas, but you’ll never truly know 바카라사이트 impact of 바카라사이트se ideas until you encounter a human being. Did 바카라사이트y change your mind? Did 바카라사이트y influence 바카라사이트 course of a conversation? Did it make you laugh or change anyone’s mind? That is something that only 바카라사이트 social element of in-person teaching can provide,” said Professor I?iguez.

While he said he believed AI?could “complement” teaching in higher education, Professor I?iguez doubted whe바카라사이트r teaching could be satisfactorily replaced by AI, despite claims that AI-guided peer-to-peer learning could provide a cheap and affordable model to educate millions of students.

“Only 바카라사이트 university teacher can see whe바카라사이트r a class has moved 바카라사이트 students – that is perhaps 바카라사이트 most amazing thing that we do as educators,” he said.

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It would be impossible to locate and demarcate any more "academic solipsism"--whatever that might be--바카라사이트n has existed for decades. How could we tell?
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